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Lady In White
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0 posted 2001-03-19 01:21 PM


The Smile

Thought of you
today
A smile crossed
my lips
As I stood in line
Ready to order
My noon meal
And ready
To enjoy my meal
While thinking
Of you,
When a glance
By a fellow,
An out-of-towner
No doubt
Followed me

He caught my eye
Two or three
Times more
As he
Watched the smile
Flit across my lips
As I thought of you

Perhaps thinking
It was for him

But all I could do
Was continue
To smile
At the thought of you
Being told this
And knowing that
In reply
You would only
Kiss my lips

And the
Out-of-towner
Could only
Watch me
Smile

write with grace, all others lose face;
"Jo was very tall, thin, ... and reminded one of a colt..." LMA

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1 posted 2001-03-19 01:30 PM


Cool...while the stranger only has your smile, your heart belongs to the one you love!


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2 posted 2001-03-19 01:40 PM


Nice write, i like this..

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3 posted 2001-03-20 07:26 AM


I enjoyed reading this. Reminded me of when I smile thinking of the one I love and people wonder??? Why is she smiling??? If they only new the power of what I was feeling.
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4 posted 2001-03-20 07:41 AM


LadyInWhite~
Just what I needed to jump-start my day !
Thanks for sharing a smile !
~*Marge*~

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5 posted 2001-03-20 09:03 AM


can imagine this...the wrinkle nose..the gliter eyes..the almost maybe smile..

and was he thinking of another too..

smooth tunes here Ms White

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6 posted 2001-03-20 10:45 AM


You left me with a smile also! Lovely flow to this Lady In White.

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
~Samuel Johnson~

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7 posted 2001-03-20 11:02 AM


Lady--A simple thing like a smile is pretty intricate, isn't it? Loved this!
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8 posted 2001-03-20 11:07 AM


No doubt a bit of risk, but when love is deep, what else can one do but smile at the very thought of it. Nice poem, even makes me smile deep within. It also makes me think of a phrase in a book that spoke of a character whose corners of the mouth nearly met behind his head. Now, that's a smile, isn't it.
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9 posted 2001-03-20 11:13 AM


enjoy the read
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10 posted 2001-03-21 02:28 PM


love this...I know this feeling so well...that smile that just slips onto my lips...hmmm nice write here...you made me remember some of my own 'smiles'
Lady In White
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11 posted 2001-03-22 12:17 PM


and all of you have left some smiles of your own....thank you so very much for taking time to read this.
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12 posted 2001-03-26 05:17 PM


Ohhhhhh... I can relate to thoughts that take you beyond where you are and back to where you want to be. *G* I like this one very much!!! *S*
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13 posted 2001-03-27 04:34 PM


Was smiling the whole time as I read this marvelous poem. Great writing!   Kate


Blessings

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
T S Eliot

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14 posted 2001-03-28 10:14 PM


Thank you...{~,^}
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15 posted 2001-09-26 06:15 PM


haha....I love the ending!.....I often think of things like this. That women see me smile and be friendly to them and they think I'm wanting to be with them, but they have know idea how content and happy I am with the lady I already have.
good poem!

Joe  


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